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GH2 Equine Architects is a specialty practice of GH2 Architects, LLC, dedicated to the planning and design of equine facilities. Tulsa • Oklahoma City
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GH2 Architects, LLC is an award winning, international architecture and design firm, founded in 1973, with more than 43 years experience in creating outstanding design. GH2 Equine Architects is a s

peciality practice of GH2, dedicated to the planning and design of equine facilities of all types. The founding principles of superior planning, design and customer service still guide our team in creating outstanding projects for the industry. Our passion for horses and commitment to creating their facilities has led to the planning and design of equine and livestock facilities across five continents. Our experience and dedication to equine functionality, safety and efficiency enable us to develop design solutions tailored to each individual owner's present and future needs, budget and image. Our project experience ranges from Class I racetracks and equine event centers to personal training, breeding, boarding, and recreational facilities, as well as highly technical surgical centers and bio-isolation stables. Our architects, who are active equestrians and facility users, are industry leaders and understand the needs of fellow facility users. This level of project experience and personal involvement within the equine industry is an advantage we pass on to our clients. GH2 provides a full range of architectural and design services as well as due diligence, planning and zoning, construction cost control, master planning, feasibility studies, programming, sustainable design, interiors, and landscape architecture. Our specialty practices in the areas of hospitality, equine, and historic preservation architecture have gained GH2 international recognition. In 2008, 2009 and 2010, GH2 was named one of the hottest firms in the U.S. and Canada by The Zweig Letter Hot Firm List.

06/08/2026

🌟 On the Boards 🌟

We’re partnered with a Colorado-based client to master plan and modernize an existing 2,600+ acre working ranch, encompassing livestock operations as well as a range of supporting outbuildings and utility infrastructure. This multi-phase initiative includes the design of state-of-the-art cattle-handling facilities, improvements to site circulation for both livestock and personnel, and the addition of key program elements such as a shooting range and support structure, storage facilities, a maintenance/shop building, bunkhouse accommodations, and a ranch manager’s residence.

Multiple architectural teams are engaged in the design of primary residential and specialized program components across the property. GH2 is working in close collaboration with these firms to establish a cohesive architectural language and unified aesthetic across all new structures, while strategically enhancing operational efficiency and functionality throughout the ranch.

06/01/2026

As we kick off June, sharing a recap of what we’ve been up to the last couple of months!

🌟 Sterling Silver Stables in Louisiana was featured in Spring Issue!

🌱 We received progress images of the new agriculture campus underway at Linn-Benton Community College. We’re serving as specialty architects, alongside on this new facility that will centralize husbandry spaces for the college’s hands-on, career focused agricultural programs.

🐾 One of our equine architects attended the Animal Behavior Conference in Vermont.

🐎 The team spent a lot of time with horses (of course) at home and at shows, including and

🏗️ Meetings and site visits took us across the United States, ranging from private ranches to higher education facilities to event venues.

💜 We design veterinary facilities and, as equestrians, often end up taking our horses as patients. Grateful for for their fantastic treatment of our Practice Director’s horse!

🎉 Celebrated a graduation, the recently completed Bilbrey Family Event Center hosting the 96th Little American Royal, and a long holiday weekend with loved ones.

05/26/2026

🌟 cue our annual post about how critical airflow and ventilation is in barns 🌟

Horses prefer cooler temperatures over hot weather, so when they’re not outside with natural airflow, shade, and water to help keep them cool, having a barn with proper airflow to create a comfortable environment is critical. This becomes especially important in hot and humid climates, such as the southern United States where the project pictured is located.

Passive air flow is achieved by well-designed ventilation, pulling air in from below and exhausting it out above (hot air rises) to create small wind tunnels. Louvers or mesh materials also allow natural winds to enter the stall areas easily. Mesh at stall panels (particularly at the bottom) is also important for removing ammonia from the stalls; as anyone who’s been in a poorly ventilated barn can attest, it’s best for horses and humans to remove that smell as quickly as possible.

Active airflow can be provided as a back-up on incredibly warm days with fans. In smaller, private facilities, we encourage two options, both of which could be used on their own or together. One option is HVLS fans which can move a lot of air at low speeds, allowing for fewer fans throughout. Another option is individual fans at each stall mounted to direct air downward (with an option for an individual switch at each stall for maximum control) that have enclosed motors and industrial caging for safety and durability. In larger, event-type facilities, we often add exhaust fans for additional ventilation to reach a desired number of air changes.

If you’ve spent most of your time in colder climates, a lot of these design elements may seem odd or look vastly different from barns you’ve spent time in. But regardless of your barn’s location, these general principles remain true for horse welfare and health when stalled!

05/18/2026

Mountain Views ✔️
Ample Light, Ventilation, and Turnout for Horses ✔️
Luxury for People ✔️
Compliments Original Buildings ✔️

Several years ago, we provided concept design for this private training and breeding facility nestled in the mountains. The main building includes a 15-stall barn, indoor arena with multiple viewing areas, breeding facilities, therapy equipment, and 4-bedroom apartment, and Is supported by a full maintenance-storage facility and outdoor arena.

04/22/2026

What an honor to have been a part of such an incredible community and facility! 🐎🌟

GH2 served as the Equine Design Consultant to HED Architects for this incredible 190,000 sq. ft. facility features two covered arenas, stalling for 200 horses, and flexible learning and event spaces - creating a premier home for the East Texas A&M Rodeo Team and a year‑round hub for agriculture, education, and community events.

04/17/2026

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS SERIES: Fear Free Animal Wellbeing

POST 3️⃣of 3️⃣: Fear Free Applied to Equine Facilities

Starting off with a reminder that Fear Free applies to animals of all shapes and sizes, including equines! Fear Free has equine-specific courses to help both barn and hospital visits go as smoothly as possible.

Fear Free design in equine facilities follows the same core concepts as they do in any Fear Free practice, but with specific consideration to how horses perceive, learn, and behave in both familiar and new environments. Horses, as we all know, are large, strong flight animals, making injuries in equine veterinary medicine all too common.

If you’ve followed us for a while, you may have seen our posts regarding design elements for spaces in barn facilities for equine health providers to work in, with considerations for both their safety and the comfort of their patients. When addressing Fear Free standards, our design considerations beyond what we’ve covered in our posts to address fear, anxiety, and stress alleviation from the moment of arrival via trailer, hospital versus barn / field environments, stalls (for stall rest), options for restraint, and on and on.

As noted in the first post in the series, we’ve incorporated Fear Free design principals on both large and small animal facilities – we’ve had two projects achieve Fear Free Certification in the last 4 months! – to design spaces that align with mission.

And again, for more information on Fear Free standards and practices, head to fearfree.com!

04/16/2026

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS SERIES: Fear Free Animal Wellbeing

POST 2️⃣of 3️⃣: Fear Free Certified Veterinary Practices

Fear Free offers certification programs for Veterinary Practices that represent a “dedication to the highest standard of care and quality for all patients. By integrating [Fear Free] principles into every element of a practice, from workflow and client communication to business operations and patient care, veterinary practices guarantee an unparalleled experience for the staff, every animal, and each pet owner who walks through the doors.”

The standards for Fear Free Certified Practices (General Practice) are divided into four categories:

1. Workflow and Patient Care
2. Facilities
3. Team Support
4. Client and Community Education

As architects, it’s our role to design spaces that facilitate a Fear Free-level standard of care. This doesn’t just include the facility standards noted in category 2 – although those are, of course, integral to the process – but considerations to make meeting all the standards simpler for veterinary practitioners.

For more information, including a PDF of Fear Free’s Practice Standards, head to fearfree.com!

📍Hardaway Veterinary Hospital, Montana
📍Lakeview Pet Hospital, Oklahoma

04/14/2026

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS SERIES: Fear Free Animal Wellbeing

POST 1️⃣of 3️⃣: What is Fear Free?

Founded a decade ago, Fear Free provides online education – made by respected veterinary and pet experts with a vast array of backgrounds – to veterinary professionals, pet professionals, animal welfare communities, and pet owners.

In response to false and harmful information online, Fear Free aims to maintain veterinary healthcare teams and pet professionals as experts in pet health. They provide education on emotional well-being, enrichment, and how to reduce fear, anxiety, and stress in pets, playing a part in the improvement of the human-animal bond by listening to the needs of veterinary and pet professionals, as well as the new generation of pet parents.

We’ve collaborated with many Fear Free certified professionals, and have a Fear Free Certified Professional on our team, on both large and small animal facilities to design spaces that align with mission “preventing and alleviating fear, anxiety & stress” for animals of all shapes and sizes.

For more information, head to fearfree.com!

📍Sand Springs Animal Welfare, Oklahoma

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Boonville, MO
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